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B. KOLB.

001m PLANTER AND FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER. No. 294,636.

Patented MaT..4. 1884.

Invefitor.

- :Witnesses.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD KQLB, OF LOCKPORT, NEYV YORK.

CO-RN-PLANTER AND F'ERTILIZ-ER-DISTRI BUTER.

SPECTFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,636, dated March 4, 1884:.

- Application filed October 3, 1882!. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD KOLB, a citizen of the United States, residing in Lockport, in the county of Niagara and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Corn-Planter and Fertilizer-Distributcr, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a suitable means for dropping the corn or seed and fertilizing material by means of a convenient hand machine, all of which will befully and clearly hereinafter shown by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section, showing the device in position for dropping the seed and fertilizing material to the lower part of the machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, showing the parts in position for depositing the seed and fertilizing material into the ground. Fig. 3 is a front elevation. vertical section through the lower portion of the device, showing the passages open for the seed and fertilizing material on a larger scale;

' and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal verticalsection through the fertilizing valve or box.

The two sides of the machine, consisting of the two bars, a a, are'usually made of wood, and are jointed together by a joint-bolt, a". Each side is provided with a handle, a.

a a are the usual. metal points. I) is a metal plate arranged between them. The metal points a a are securely fastened to the parts a a by the ordinary screws or .bolts. The part b and the side bars and points are secured together, as before mentioned, by the bolt a 1) represents the receptacle for the fertilizing material. It is provided with a flaring opening, If, at the bottom, and'with a sliding valve, 12, arranged in slideways 12* and Jointed tothe part a is a connecting-link, c, which connects with the box or valve 1)" at c.

WVithin the fertilizer-receptacle is a stirrer or mixing device,'c having a vertical movement up and down within it, produced by means of a connecting-arm, 0 connected to it by a joint, 0, It is jointed to the side a by a joint, 0" and its upper end is jointed to a connecting-link, (l, by a joint, (1, the link d .position to be filled.

with a passage, (1 for the fertilizing material 5 the passage 0.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged being jointed to the side a by a pin or bolt, d. The object of the stirring device is to keep the fertilizing material mixed up, so as to insure its filling the mold every time it is in The side a is provided topass down and out into the ground in the direction of the arrows. The. receptacle for the corn or seed d* is attached to the slide a, and is provided with a box or valve, d, through which the seed drops when in position over To the inner end of the valve is jointed a connecting-link, e, which link is jointed by a pin or bolt, 0", (shown in'dottcd lines,) to the side a. p e e are two lugs, which keep the plate I) central or in position between the two points. The machine being provided with fertilizing material and seed or corn, it is held in the hands by the handles a, each being drawn apart, as shown in Fig. 1, which operation repeated. It will be seen that as the sides a a, are drawn apart the mixing device will be drawn upward, and both valves will be moved in position, so that the fertilizing material and the seed will drop down through the passages d" e, and is kept there until the implement is closed into the position shown in Fig. 2, andwhen closed as shown in Fig. 2 the action of all the parts is reversed, and the valves are in position to take the fertilizing material and seed from the receptacles. It will be noticed that the middle plate, b, makes a division, so as to continue the passages d" and e to the bottom of the points. The plates a and b are also made longer than the plate a thereby increasing .the length of the passage (1, say, from one-quarter to one-half inch, which arrangement allowsthe fertilizing material to drop that much lower than the corn or seed,

the corn or seed planted. The box I) is arcombination with the pivoted central plate, ranged below the receptacle 7) for the purpose I), and plates a* a substantially as and for the [O of preventing clogging. purposes specified.

' I claim as 1nyinvention r 5 In a corn-planting and fertilizing machine, ARD KOLB' the parts a a, provided with the usual hair Vitnessess dles, seed planting and fertilizing receptacle, J. M. CALDWELL, their operating mechanism, and lugs a a, in JAMES SANGSTEIL} 

